Memorial Service Planned For Crash Victim

A Pompano Beach woman who died Aug. 2 in the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 near Dallas will be remembered by scores of friends and relatives during a memorial service Sept. 4.

The ceremony for Sydell Danziger Wener, 59, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. in the Palm Aire Country Club Social Center, said her sister, Bea Boyar.

Meanwhile, the crash victim`s husband, Leonard Wener, who is one of three Broward County residents still hospitalized in the Dallas area, showed some improvement last week, Boyar said.

The two other Broward residents who remain hospitalized there are:

(BU) Debbie Katz, a 40-year-old Lauderhill resident whose condition at Parkland Memorial Hospital has been upgraded from critical to fair.

(BU) Kathleen Wright, 49, a Nova University professor and former Broward School Board member whose right leg was amputated earlier this month. She remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Parkland.

The three local residents are among 31 individuals who survived the crash of the jumbo jet near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The crash left 134 dead.

Leonard Wener, 64, who suffered fractures, a separation of the shoulder and severe burns, among other injuries, was in good condition Tuesday at Irving Community Hospital.

His condition will not improve enough to allow him to attend the memorial service for his wife, according to Boyar, a Deerfield Beach resident who planned the ceremony.

``He`s suddenly starting to improve, but it`s been rough, very rough,`` she said of Wener`s ordeal. ``We`re hoping that he can be transferred soon to a hospital in Florida. But doctors say it will be three to six months before he`ll be on his feet.``

Boyar said she expects several hundred people to attend the memorial service, including the victim`s two daughters -- Mara Robinson of New York and Karen Danziger of Chicago.